Search Results: Authors starting with A from Star Cat Books

New York, NY: Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1971. Very Good+. MM paperback. 3rd printing, 1st paperback edition, Very Good+ condition of this classic SF book by A.E. Van Vogt. 1960s cover, 3rd printing 1973. Some slight wear to spine (no creasing!), cover, pages, binding in excellent condition. A great find for an SF collector. 190 pages. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Beautiful copy that looks unread. Signed on title page as a distinctive "A. S." No inscription. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Simon and Schuster, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. This is one of the classics of early science fiction. Serialized in Astounding Science Fiction in 1945, this 1948 copy is the first book publication of the story. Unlike later editions, this edition uses the "A" with a macron over it to represent the term "Null-A." This is not a book club edition. The cover is unclipped, with the price showing, but it is heavily worn at the edges, with half an inch or so missing at the top of the spine. The book itself is worn at the edges, with bumping of the corners. The spine is tight, with the title and author name on the spine, and the art on the front cover, clear. The pages show almost no yellowing and are toned evenly. This is a rare first edition that would make an excellent place-holder for a serious collector. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.

Greenwich, CT: Gold Medal Books, 1965. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Very good condition, slightly canted spine and spine creases from age. Pages tight in binding, crisp, unmarked, sharp edges and corners. Great condition for a book from this pulp period! 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 1st edition, 1st printing. No jacket. Red cloth with gold lettering on spine. Fine to Near New condition. An autobiographical tale of the gossip journalist Cindy Adams and her life with her two dogs, Jazzy and Juicy, who were famous throughout the New York scene (Jazzy once hung up on Manuel Noriega by stepping on the phone, thus killing Adams' scopp). Cindy Adams was inducted into the Journalism Hall of Fame in 2013. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.

Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks Casablanca, 2017. 1st Edition. Soft cover. New/Mass Market Paperback. New copy of the book, signed on title page with the message "happy reading." 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Good-. Good- condition. Warping on front board. Slight stain on front board. Front flyleaf stained. Black boards with gold lettering on spine. Black-on-black embossing of death with a sickle on front board. Spine tight. Pages clean and clear. Deck led edges. Wood cut decorations throughout.11th printing of this translation. 278 pg. Colophon in back.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1957. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. William Bartlett, Harry Michaels. This is the illustrated edition of Terhune's Lad: A Dog that was treated by Felix Sutton, and illustrated by William Bartlett and Harry Michaels. There are minimal signs of wear at the edges near the spine. Pages are clean, bright, and intact. Beautiful copy. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

New York, NY: The Viking Press, Inc, 1931. 1st. Very Good+. Dr. Seuss. 1st ed. 4th printing. Very Good+ Condition. Small Volume 5.25x6.25" octavo. Minor wear to cover due to age. Spine lightly worn. Pages and boards clean and tight. Small tear to title page. A humorous collection illustrated by Dr. Seuss. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

New York, NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1930. 1st. VG. 1st American ed. Very Good Condition. Some minor shelf wear to spine and boards. Pages clean and tight. Gorgeous detailed illustration of the titanic on front board, clean and clear. Volume 3 of the Torch-Bearers trilogy. 183 pg.

New York, NY: Broadway Paperbacks, 2007. Poor. Signed by the author. Trade paperback, 9th printing Broadway Paperbacks edition. Poor condition, some bumping to corners, worn cover edges, bump in the back cover, stains on edges of last of the pages of the book, "autographed copy" sticker on front cover. Remainder marks on edges of pages. 289pp.

Burlington, Vermont: Book in Hand Publishers, 2010. 1st Edition. Soft cover. New. New condition of this rare title by Patricia Chase Allen, published in Vermont in 2010, about her childhood and memories of growing up in the 1950s on a dairy farm in Vermont as a way, as she says, to preserve those memories for the future as Vermont -- and all of New England -- is slowly changing. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.

U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Co, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine condition copy of a memoir of growing up American in the Himalayas. Slight discoloration to dust jacket, pages clean and sharp, spine tight. Inscribed by author, dated 1998. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Macmillan, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Anderson, C. W.. Written and illustrated by C. W. Anderson. Anderson profiles and illustrates Fair Play, Man O'War, War Admiral, Blockade, Battleship, Dark Secret, Troublemaker, Ugly, Seabiscuit, Tom Fool, Exterminator, Heatherbloom, Amagansett, Malicious, Native Dancer, Moifaa, Day Dalton, Snowman, Stymie, and Chase Me. This copy is from the seventh printing of the first edition. This is an ex-library copy, with plastic protecting the cover. Spine of cover shows slight fading, and there is a small folded tear on the back cover. Price was clipped. Inside there are library stickers, and residue where pocket was removed. Some pages show traces of wear from reading, but are otherwise unmarked and clean. Overall, a lovely book. This will be perfect for sharing with a young lover of horses, and can become the start of a collection of horse books. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY: Ace Books, 1953. 1st. Good. Small size mm paperback. Good Condition. Shows some spine use. Remnants of a sticker on the front cover. Otherwise clean and tight. Ace Books No. 47161. Originally titled Star Rangers. This is the Ace first edition of the retitled book. 192 pg. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

New York, NY: DAW Books, 1973. 1st PB. As New. Jack Gaughan (credited "J Gaughan"). Mass market PB, 1st PB publication thus. 1st printing, March 1973. DAW #45. As New condition, minor tiny wear to edges of front cover from shelving or handling. Appears never to have been read. HC publication was 1972 by Fantasy Publishing Company Inc. Garan is a collection of short stories previously published: "Garin of Tav" was previously "People of the Crater" copyright 1947, and parts of "Garin of Yu-Lac" are copyright 1969 & 1970 respectively. The two short stories at the end of the volume appear to be original stories to this "collection," which is published as a novel. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

New York, NY: Fawcett Crest Books, 1976. 1st. As New. Mass market PB, As New condition, 1st PB edition, 1st printing. Originally published by Atheneum in HC. Cover art by M. Kane. This 1976 ed is in As New condition, with tiny wear on edges of covers from handling over the decades. Appears no one ever read it. Norton is acclaimed as one of the first women in science fiction. Finding an unread, pristine Norton is unusual - a rare find for collectors. 239 pp. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

New York, NY: Ace Books, 1968. 1st. Good. Good condition, Mass Market, 1st Edition of one of science fiction's earliest and most famous female writers. 221 pp. Sun bleaching on the top of the page edges and there is discoloration on the back cover plus a crease, some discoloration on the front cover. This is the complete and unabridged text of the original hardcover, published by Viking Press. Cover art by Jeff Jones.

New York, NY: Ace Books, 1969. 1st. Good. Jeff Jones. Mm paperback. Good Condition. Some chipping to cover, some soiling on back cover. Spine tight pages clean. Ace book No. 84000. 254 pg. One of Andre Norton's many classics with illustrations by Jeff Jones. The sequel to the Zero Stone. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

New York, NY: Ace Books, 1972. 1st. Very Good. MM paperback, 1st printing, 1st paperback edition, 1972. Ace No. 47162. Very Good condition with only one crease at front cover hinge, otherwise looks unread over the years. Page edges still yellow with original dye. 192 pages. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!